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  • Man Killed Girlfriend and Disposed Her Body After She Discovered His Secret Marriage

    Man Killed Girlfriend and Disposed Her Body After She Discovered His Secret Marriage

    A woman, Briana Winston, from Georgia was murdered and torched by her boyfriend, 23-year-old Michale Edwards. The Incident occurred back in March after confronting him about his secret marriage. The boyfriend, along with his wife, Brieanna Phillips-Edwards, brother, Keilan Wright, and mother, Ebony Anderson, are facing charges in connection to her disappearance, according to Fox News. 

    Authorities believe that Winston was killed by Edwards, her child’s father, after a verbal disagreement about his alleged cheating. Edwards then put her body in a suitcase. He later drove to Tennessee using his wife’s vehicle, and scorched the body with the help of a friend, officials said. 

    According to investigators, Edwards’ friend revealed that they disposed of the woman’s remains in two different locations. Edwards was apprehended for aggravated stalking. Upon learning he was a murder suspect while in jail, he sought aid from his relatives to hide evidence. 

    Ashanti Marbury, the Lieutenant said,

    “It turned into a family affair… He definitely looped everyone into this crime.”

    According to Fox 5 Atlanta, Phillips-Edwards was caught asking his wife to burn shoes and gloves used in destroying his girlfriend’s body. Edwards enlisted his mother and brother to help burn the evidence, resulting in conspiracy charges for all. On April 1, Winston was reported missing after her family discovered that she stopped going to work on March 17. They also discovered her empty apartment, which smelled strongly of bleach.

    On April 26, the Clayton County Police Department released a statement declaring Winston as deceased, stating that she was a victim of a crime.

  • Intoxicated Middle School Teaching Assistant Arrested After Student Accidentally Drinks Her Vodka, Mistaking It For Mountain Dew

    Intoxicated Middle School Teaching Assistant Arrested After Student Accidentally Drinks Her Vodka, Mistaking It For Mountain Dew

    A teaching assistant (TA) at a middle school in Georgia was arrested and fired after a student mistakenly drank her bottle of vodka, thinking it was Mountain Dew, per the NY Post. 

    The TA, Alexandra

    “Nicole”

    Lambert, 39, was let go from Morgan County Middle School after a student took a sip from her bottle, believing it to be soda. The student realized the mistake and reported it to another teacher, who then brought the issue to the principal’s attention. Lambert admitted that the bottle contained vodka but claimed it was brought to school accidentally. 

    Morgan County Sheriff’s deputies were called and conducted a breathalyzer test, which revealed Lambert’s blood-alcohol level to be 0.259, more than three times the legal limit for driving in Georgia. Lambert was subsequently arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, specifically public drunkenness. She was then booked at the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office Adult Detention Facility.

    Morgan County Charter Schools acknowledged the incident in a statement addressed to parents and guardians, adding that Lambert

    “is no longer employed with our district.”

    The district added,

    “The safety of our staff and students is paramount, and we take all incidents seriously… We have zero tolerance for any behavior that could jeopardize their well-being.” 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Burglar Rescued After Being Trapped In Grease Vent Hood For Almost 9 Hours

    Burglar Rescued After Being Trapped In Grease Vent Hood For Almost 9 Hours

    A man in Cobb County, Georgia found himself stuck inside a vent grease hood after attempting to break into a local Mexican restaurant. According to WSBTV, the man had previously worked at three Mexican restaurants that he targeted.

    When employees arrived to open Los Bravos Mexican Restaurant on Roswell Road in East Cobb, they were surprised to find the man dangling from the vent above the stove. It took nine hours for the police and fire crews to free him from the vent, reports note.

    Surveillance footage captured the moment when first responders rescued Mauricio Serrano-Jimenez from the vent and carried him out of the kitchen. In another video, Serrano-Jimenez is being transported on a stretcher. According to Channel 2 reporter, Michele Newell, Serrano-Jimenez suffered a broken foot and has pressure ulcers on his body. 

    “I see a guy. The guy’s legs are hanging from the hood of the kitchen. I can see from his waist to the bottom. He’s pleading for help and he’s thirsty. He wants water and I’m telling him, ‘Why did you do this?’ On top of the hood, there’s like a little opening, this guy probably thought he was slim enough to come through. He removed a couple of the filters so he could make it through,”

    said Angel.

    Surveillance footage emerged,  allegedly showing Mauricio Serrano-Jimenez breaking into another restaurant through the vent grease hood. The incident occurred before his attempted break-in at Los Bravos. Serrano-Jimenez used a ladder to access the roof and stole hundreds of dollars. He is connected to three restaurant burglaries that allegedly happened between February and March. Court documents show the arrest warrants were issued in April.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Georgia Cemetery Worker Denied Bond After Selling Pre-Owned Burial Plots To Grieving Families

    Georgia Cemetery Worker Denied Bond After Selling Pre-Owned Burial Plots To Grieving Families

    A cemetery worker in Douglas County will remain in jail after being accused of selling burial plots that were already owned by others, per WSBTV. Pamela Teal, who is facing multiple charges including theft by deception and forgery, was denied bond by a judge. 

    Families affected by this alleged scam claim that Teal pretended to be friendly and supportive, while secretly selling them plots that were already claimed by someone else.

    “Well, we thought she was our friend. She befriended all of us,”

    Tonya Key said. Key, whose 23-year-old daughter, Faith, died, says Teal has cost them their peace.

    “The sheriff’s department uncovered that our plot that our daughter was actually in and the one that my son-in-law actually bought, those belong to someone else,”

    Key described.

    According to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, Pamela Teal has been found to have sold burial plots to multiple families, including the LaFleur family. The LaFleurs had purchased a plot for their 15-year-old son, Samuel Moon, who tragically lost his life after a Sweet 16 party.

    “I still don’t know if Samuel is in this spot where he was buried,”

    LaFleur said.

    The sheriff’s office is urging anyone who had any contact with Teal to come forward and contact them.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Parents Found Allegedly Passed Out Drunk On Florida Beach While Their Kids Wandered Off To A Nearby Pool

    Parents Found Allegedly Passed Out Drunk On Florida Beach While Their Kids Wandered Off To A Nearby Pool

    A Georgia couple allegedly fell asleep drunk on a Florida beach while their young children wandered away, according to Volusia County sheriffs per the NY Post.

    The incident was captured on body camera footage by deputies, who made multiple attempts to wake Alyssia Langley and her fiancé Timothy Stephens. The footage showed the deputies nudging Stephens, who had his arm around his girlfriend. 

    Once the couple finally woke up, they appeared confused. A deputy asked them where their children were, and Stephens simply pointed towards the ocean while stumbling in the sand. Fortunately, the children, ages five and seven, were found safe but unsupervised, playing in the hotel pool nearby.

    Langley and Stephens now face charges of felony neglect, and Stephens also faces charges for attempting to flee from police and possessing alcoholic beverages on the beach. In the body camera footage, he can be seen breaking free from the deputies and attempting to run away, before falling face first in the sand, knocking himself out.

    Fox reports that Stephens is not the children’s biological father but has

    “assumed a guardian role.”

    “And clearly these two clowns shouldn’t be in charge of — they can’t be in charge of themselves, let alone a five-year-old or a seven-year-old,”

    Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood told Fox 35.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Georgia Man Turns Himself In To Maryland Police For The Strangulation and Murder Of His Girlfriend

    Georgia Man Turns Himself In To Maryland Police For The Strangulation and Murder Of His Girlfriend

    A man from Spalding County has been accused of murdering his girlfriend in Maryland, reports WSBTV. 

    Carl Kearney Jr., 43, from Griffin, Georgia, turned himself in at the Division V Clinton Police Station in Maryland on Saturday, February 17. He confessed to authorities that he strangled his girlfriend, Patrina Best, 38, during an argument at her home in Accokeek earlier that morning.

    Police officers conducted a welfare check at the residence and discovered Best unresponsive. She was declared deceased at the scene. Kearney faces charges of 1st and 2nd Degree Murder. 

    Kearney, identified as the head football coach at Spalding High School, was honored as the 2023 2-AAAA Coach of the Year according to the Griffin-Spalding School System website.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • UPS Allegedly Offered An Atlanta Mother Compensation Of $135 After Losing The Ashes Of Her Deceased 15-Year-Old Son

    UPS Allegedly Offered An Atlanta Mother Compensation Of $135 After Losing The Ashes Of Her Deceased 15-Year-Old Son

    A grieving mother in Atlanta is devastated after the ashes of her 15-year-old son went missing during shipment, reports WSBTV. Tangenika Lee shared her heart-wrenching story, expressing that it feels like she has lost her son all over again. 

    Tragically, Deontray passed away in 2020 due to a fentanyl overdose. In an attempt to honor his memory, Lee sent his ashes to her sister in Connecticut, who specializes in customized cremation urns. However, the package never reached its destination, despite being expected to arrive by January 10. Lee received a $135 compensation check from corporate customer service, but she refused to cash it. 

    She initially shipped the ashes from a UPS store in Hiram, and when they failed to arrive, she returned to the store seeking answers, accompanied by the police.

    “They went back into the store and they pulled cameras from January 8th, and they told me that the package had actually left their facility, there was nothing they could do about it,”

    Lee said.

    “I just lost it, started crying.”

    According to Lee, the ashes were last traced to a distribution center in Connecticut. She decided to visit the center to search for her son’s remains herself. 

    “I cremated him so he could be right here with me, and travel and do things together,” Lee said. “And he ain’t here.”

    UPS contacted Regan and said that

    “with the time constraints we had to investigate, we found the content of the package was declared by the customer as ‘clothes.’ UPS does not accept shipments of human remains. We extend our deepest sympathy to the family and our heartfelt thoughts are with them during this time. Unfortunately, the package was lost.”

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Metro Atlanta Woman Finds Fugitive Sleeping In Her Residence, Reports Say

    Metro Atlanta Woman Finds Fugitive Sleeping In Her Residence, Reports Say

    A Georgia woman made a startling discovery when she found a wanted bank robber fast asleep in her home in the middle of the night, per WSBTV. 

    Gwynne Ketcham of Mountain Park had been closely following the news of the extensive manhunt for James Raborn, the suspected bank robber, for several days.

    Raborn was accused of robbing a bank in Roswell, engaging in a high-speed police chase, crashing his truck, and fleeing into a nearby residential area.

    Raborn broke into Ketcham’s house through a window and hid himself in her home office while she was away. Unaware of the unexpected visitor, Ketcham returned home and went to bed.

    She went to her husband’s office to check on their cats and encountered the fugitive.

    The door was blocked so she,

    “reached in and turned on the light and saw his legs, turned off the light, and left,”

    Ketcham said.

    “Something you never expect to see in your house.”

    Ketcham immediately left her home and contacted the authorities.

    “They discovered he used a computer in my house, and they had gotten a ping from that and the IP (address) led them to determine the address,”

    Ketcham said.

    According to Ketcham, the suspect was woken up by the police placing him under arrest. Both Raborn and a female companion have been taken into custody in relation to the bank robbery.

    They are also suspected of being involved in other armed robberies in the metro Atlanta region.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Man Arrested For ‘Describing Sexual Acts’ To Child and Threatening To Shoot Students, Police Say

    Man Arrested For ‘Describing Sexual Acts’ To Child and Threatening To Shoot Students, Police Say

    According to arrest affidavits obtained by WSBTV, 27-year-old Andrew Garrett Burke has been charged with multiple felonies for threatening to shoot school children and

    “engaging in graphic written matter describing sex acts”

    to a minor he believed was younger than 16 years old.

    The arrest took place on January 21 by the Floyd deputies.

    He also faces charges for terroristic threats after threatening to

    “shoot up a school or kill a few people,”

    according to sheriff’s office records per the outlet. 

    A man named Burke is facing serious allegations, including sending inappropriate photos and videos of himself engaging in sexual activities to someone he thought was a minor. These alleged crimes took place over a span of three days, as stated in the affidavits. 

    Burke now faces charges of obscene internet contact with a child, electronically providing explicit material to minors, and making terroristic threats. According to sheriff’s records, he has been denied bond.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Proposed Georgia Bill May Require Influencers To Disclose If They Are Being Paid For Political Posts

    Proposed Georgia Bill May Require Influencers To Disclose If They Are Being Paid For Political Posts

    Some Georgia lawmakers have proposed a bill that says social media personalities or influencers must disclose if they are paid by political campaigns or committees for their posts, reports the WSBTV. 

    According to the text of House Bill 1039, a social media personality is characterized as

    “a person, group of people, or business entity that creates or posts content, messages, information, or images that are viewable by other users on one or more social media platforms in return for monetary or nonmonetary remuneration.”

    The bill doesn’t specify on how many followers you need to have to be considered a social media personality. It also doesn’t say if there are any exceptions for non-monetary compensations. According to HB 1039, if a candidate or political committee pays social media influencers to post content about them, it must be disclosed. The disclosure has to be written and, if possible, said out loud. It also has to be included every time the person posts something that they were paid for.

    For posts that are just audio, the person has to say that they got paid for the post at the same read speed as the rest of the post. The bill doesn’t say the repercussions if someone doesn’t follow these rules and it becomes a law.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?